private string PreparePayload(string message, string title, string channel, SlackAttachment[] attachements)
{
//Prepare the string builder
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
//Prepare the name
string username = this.Name;
if (title != "")
{
username += " - " + title;
}
if (this.Name == "")
{
username = title;
}
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("username", username)); sb.Append(", ");
//Prepare the attachments
if (attachements != null && attachements.Length > 0)
{
//Temporary holder of all attachments
string attjson = "";
//Iterate over each attachment, adding it to the temp json
foreach (SlackAttachment attachment in attachements)
{
attjson += (attjson.Length != 0 ? ", " : "") + attachment.GenerateJSON();
}
//Append the temporary json to the main body
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONValue("attachments", "[" + attjson + "]")); sb.Append(", ");
}
//Prepare the icon
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString(UsingEmoji() ? "icon_emoji" : "icon_url", this.Icon)); sb.Append(", ");
//Prepare the channel
if (channel == "")
{
channel = DefaultChannel;
}
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("channel", channel)); sb.Append(", ");
//Prepare the message
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("text", message)); sb.Append(", ");
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONValue("mrkdown", UseMarkdown));
//return the formated json
return("{" + sb.ToString() + "}");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Slack Webhook Example! Creating Webhook and sending messages...");
//First prepare the webhook url and other parameters
string webhookUrl = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/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";
string botname = "Robo Koala";
string boticon = ":koala:";
string channel = "@Lachee";
//This will be used later on for storing success results
bool success = false;
//Create the webhook
SlackWebhook webhook = new SlackWebhook(webhookUrl, botname, boticon, channel);
webhook.forceAsyncronus = false;
//================================= Basic Sending
//Send a simple message
success = webhook.Send("`Hello World!`");
Console.WriteLine("Send: " + success);
//Send a message with a title
success = webhook.Send("Hello World!", "Welcome");
Console.WriteLine("Send Title: " + success);
//Send a message to specific channel. Channels can be convos with @ or normal channels with #
success = webhook.Send("Hello World!", "", "@Lachee"); //This is a standard approach
success = webhook.Send("Hello World!", channel: "@Lachee"); //This is a approch where you can skip unneeded variables
Console.WriteLine("Send Channel: " + success);
//Send it all!
success = webhook.Send("Hello World!", "Welcome", "@Lachee");
Console.WriteLine("Send All: " + success);
//Here is a async example with a timmer to show that its continuing on.
//Note while it is async, it still has a small initalization time due to HttpClient.
var watch = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
success = webhook.SendAsync("Hellow World!", "Async");
watch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Async Call: " + success + " @ " + watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms");
//================================= Some Formatting
//Create a link to be used and send it
string link = SlackHelper.CreateLink("http://google.com/", "Visit Google");
success = webhook.Send("Be sure to " + link + "! It can be very helpfull");
Console.WriteLine("Links: " + success + " - " + link);
//================================= Create a basic attachment
//Be sure to check out https://api.slack.com/docs/message-attachments for more details about each element.
SlackAttachment attachement = new SlackAttachment("This is a attachment message", "Plaintext Fallback Message");
//You can do them indivdually like so:
attachement.SetColor("#36a64f");
attachement.SetColor("danger");
attachement.SetPretext("some text that is before block");
//Or you can do it all inline! (Such Java like, much wow)
attachement.SetTitle("When Dropbears Attack", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear").SetFooter("Legit Koala Exhbit");
//Oh, don't forget to actually send it
success = webhook.Send("Here is a interesting facts about dropbears", "News", attachments: new SlackAttachment[] { attachement });
Console.WriteLine("Attachments: " + success);
Console.WriteLine("Done! Press any key to end.");
Console.ReadKey();
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a JSON String repesentation of the attachment with Slack formatting.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public string GenerateJSON()
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
//Requirements
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("fallback", this.fallback)); sb.Append(",");
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("text", this.text)); sb.Append(",");
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONValue("ts", this.timestamp)); sb.Append(",");
//Slack fields
//Prepare the field text
string fieldjson = "";
foreach (SlackField field in fields)
{
string json = "";
json += SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("title", field.title) + ",";
json += SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("value", field.text) + ",";
json += SlackHelper.SimpleJSONValue("short", field.isShort);
fieldjson += (fieldjson.Length != 0 ? ", " : "") + "{" + json + "}";
}
//Append it
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONValue("fields", "[" + fieldjson + "]")); sb.Append(",");
//Formating and decoratives
if (color != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("color", this.color));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (pretext != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("pretext", this.pretext));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (image_url != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("image_url", this.image_url));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (thumb_url != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("thumb_url", this.thumb_url));
sb.Append(",");
}
//Titles
if (title != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("title", this.title));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (title_link != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("title_link", this.title_link));
sb.Append(",");
}
//Footer
if (footer != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("footer", this.footer));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (footer_icon != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("footer_icon", this.footer_icon));
sb.Append(",");
}
//Author
if (author_name != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("author_name", this.author_name));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (author_link != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("author_link", this.author_link));
sb.Append(",");
}
if (author_icon != "")
{
sb.Append(SlackHelper.SimpleJSONString("author_icon", this.author_icon));
sb.Append(",");
}
//Remove the last comma
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
return("{" + sb.ToString() + "}");
}